# Accident 19980624019809A: Cessna 170B, Oneonta, NY, June 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1998, 14:20 local time
- Place: Oneonta, NY
- Airport: Oneonta Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4497° N, 75.0592° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4497&lon=-75.0592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3493C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3493C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 215 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980624019809A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT DURING LANDING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, BUT HAD NO LEFT RUDDER RESPONSE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED IN A RIGHT TURN BEFORE IT SETTLED INTO SOME TREES ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY AND 110 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED A BROKEN LEFT RUDDER CABLE.  THE CABLE WAS REPLACED IN JULY 1985, HAD 454 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME ON IT, AND WAS FOUND FREE OF CORROSION.  BREAKS IN WIRE STRANDS VARIED ALONG A 1-INCH SECTION OF THE CABLE, AND NUMEROUS BROKEN STRANDS WERE BENT BACKWARDS.  THE CABLE BREAK WAS IN THE VICINITY OF WHERE THE RUDDER CABLE WENT THROUGH A BULKHEAD, AND THEN THROUGH A PULLEY MOUNTED ON THE BULKHEAD'S FORWARD SIDE.                                          (-23) WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES AT 66N, PILOT EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT RIGHT YAW JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT YAW EFFECT WITH LEFT RUDDER APPLICATION WITH NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED 60 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER AND CONTINUE FLIGHT HOWEVER, THE POWER APPLICATION WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 160 FEET FROM  THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE 200 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT RUDDER CABLE WAS BROKEN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC98LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA133), Jun 24, 1998: Cessna 170B (N3493C), Oneonta, NY, destroyed. Probable cause: The separation of the left rudder cable. A factor was chafing of the cable.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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